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Israel Capital Market Authority Approves Shekel-Pegged Stablecoin (BILS) After Two-Year Pilot

Israel's Capital Market Authority approved issuance and distribution of BILS, a shekel-pegged stablecoin by Bits of Gold, after completing two-year regulatory pilot program. BILS meets reserve requirements equivalent to HKMA standards with continuous par redemptions. Approval represents third jurisdiction (after Hong Kong and Singapore) with formally approved fiat-pegged stablecoin issuer, positioning Israel as emerging crypto hub outside APAC. Integration with local payments infrastructure planned for Q3 2026.

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APAC FINSTAB analysis

Although this is outside core APAC, it is relevant because global market-structure, enforcement, and stablecoin precedents often shape licensing expectations for APAC exchanges, issuers, custodians, and DeFi teams. Protocols/assets in scope: USDT, USDC. Named institutions or platforms: Bits of Gold, Israel Capital Market Authority. Teams should monitor the original source, map the change to licensing, custody, disclosure, and market-access obligations, and update their jurisdiction playbooks before the next compliance review.

Compliance read-through: map this event to entity licensing, market-access, custody, disclosure, token listing, and operational-risk obligations before expanding or marketing in the affected jurisdiction.

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